I followed the link to the longer article (Fear and Loathing in Windows 8) and he talked about the shut down process and about how he had to do a web search to find shut-down instructions and there are TONS of them out there, with variations on what procedure to use. I don't think it should be that tough to turn anything off.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Race <[email protected]> wrote: > I stuck Win 8 on my old box (file server here we come!) just to see what > was what. I really wanted to like this OS. Like really, really wanted to > like it. Gizmodo seemed rather positive about it. The little videos I've > seen here and there were kinda neat. > > Then I starting messing with it. > > Whoo boy. > > I like the look. Its clean and colorful. Seems peppy too. Everything > snaps around nicely. > > Then I tried to restart the box. Erm. Where is the Start menu? I > couldn't find anything in either 'squares' mode or vanilla desktop mode > (there is nothing in the lower left corner in desktop mode. if you hover > over it, the button to put it back in squares mode comes up.) > > After this frustration, I couldn't be bothered to monkey with it anymore. > I'm willing to concede that this was mostly ignorance on my part. But the > fact that it was so darn frustrating to get something simple like that done > really put me off. As an aside, I ended up hitting the Power button on the > computer case itself and this worked. Go figure. > > I dunno. I'm still hoping beyond hope. > > > On Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:54:35 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: >> >> http://www.slate.com/articles/**technology/technology/2012/06/** >> windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_**operating_system_redesign_** >> will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.**html<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_operating_system_redesign_will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.html> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/Ut5t7oVXr2cJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- Jennifer "Scraps" Walker The Helper Monkey Network http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
